Auto-tire-rim clamp



J PIEPER. AUTO-TIRE RIM CLAMP. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, I918.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

srATEsrATENT oFrIcE.

JOHN mm; orsanr LAKE CITY, UTAH.

' To all whfoin it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Pmrniz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented .a new {and useful Improvement .in Auto-Tire-Bim Clamps, of wh ch the following is a specifif cation.

one object of my invention is to provide an auto tire rimclamp that is cheap in con moved.

wheel when the auto ltire rim is .being re- Another obj ectof' my invention be applied toan auto wheel in such a man- -'ner so that the can be ap lied from either side of the wheel when-o the auto.

Another object of my invention is to pro; videa U-shaped auto tirejrim-clamp' so as tofit and operate over the felly,,fe lly band and auto tire rim so thatit. will-lock the; x .autotire rim firmly onto the fel'l y With thesemid other objects in view my invention consists of the following parts,

reference being had to'the annexed draw- .80

ings: forming part of this specification and to the letters andnumerals'marked thereon. Figure 1, is a half view ofan auto wheel showing the invention at o'a-.in a locked positionand showing it"unlockedat b.

' Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through H position. I Y

Similar lettersand numerals referto like parts throughout the drawings. 4 A, denotes the felly of-the'auto wheel, B,

the folly, band, C, the tire-rim for holding the auto tire, D, the spokes,- 1, the U shaped clamp for holdingthe auto rim on the felly, 2 the bolt, 3 the head of the bolt, 4 4 the nut, fi'contact of the U-shaped clamp with the auto tire rim. Each leg ofthesaid U- shaped clamp 1 has aportmmformedas' a.

heel 7, with another portion extended as'a 'foot, shown at 5. -.'l. he saidfoot portion 5 .0fone 1e coacts withthe foot portion 5 of the other eg to grip the tire rim 0.

- In applying the invention to. an an t0."-

- eral displacement to provide a U shape auto tire rim clamp that. can.

Fig. -.-'1, showing the invention in. a locked I e carried on sa1d bolts having opposed 'leg 1 v.warc-Trait.mar CLAMP.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Applicationfiled November an, 1918. Serial No. 263,435.

Ywheel, a hole 3'. is drilled through the an I band and felly, the hole in the folly band belng counter-sunk to receive the head 3 of the bolt2. After placing the bolt 2 through the hole 3; by screwing up the nut 4 the said clamp 1 will be forced radially outward and the heels 7 Will contact with the tire rim 0 and space said rim from the telly band B, and at the same time the'foot portions 5 will grip the said felly band and prevent any latof said tire rim. When a number of said clamps have been likewise placed in position and the nuts 4 turned up the tire rim will be concentrically spaced from the fellyband'and firmly held on the wheel.

In removing the rim from the telly band of a'wheel, loosen all of-the nuts 4 until of anew and novel clamp having outwardly forcing heel portions and coacting foot portions and heldin l-ace with a bolt. and nut accessible from-eit er side of the wheel.

Having thus described my invention, what so n I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- An auto tire rim clamp comprising the tire rim of. an auto; a felly band having countersunk holes therein; bolts passed portions adapted to pass radlally the edges of said felly band adjacent the holes therein;

a heel portion of eachleg adapted to press against the inner face of said tire rim; a

foot portion of each clan ip adaptedjo'elr gage the edge of said the rim to truesaidi rimon said .band; and nuts screwed onlsaidw bolts to force said heel portions of said clamps radially outwardv and at the same time hold said rim in. fixed relation-to said 

